microbes
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Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found that certain gut microbes are associated with slower biological aging, while others are linked to faster aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
These findings suggest that the way a sweetener influences gut microbes may depend not only on the sweetener itself but also on what accompanies it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Studying individual bacterial species provided valuable information, but the human gut is far more complicated than a collection of isolated microbes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
By watching these organisms interact in real time, researchers hope to gain a clearer understanding of the complex relationships between plants and microbes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The dirtiest of all tricks for passive carriage is perpetrated by microbes that pass from a woman to her fetus and thereby infect babies already at birth.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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